I have always thought of myself as a "chamber music groupie". I volunteered back stage at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival for many years, so I could meet the artists who performed there. I did get to meet many awesome musicians, and I am proud to call them friends. I'm no longer a volunteer, …
Category: Culture
This Mad Magazine poster needs no comment
It says it all by itself. True, too.
Are you appalled at the VA scandal?
Most of us are. But this ongoing scandal is a preview of what health care will be like under ObamaCare. The VA health care system is, simply, Single Payer, right now. Veterans are pretty much required to get all their health care through the VA system. What does this lead to? Rationing of services, reflected …
It’s Memorial Day Weekend-How do you observe it?
Is Memorial Day weekend just a day off from work for you? Just the first weekend the pool is open, and the official start of barbecue season? Or is it a time for somber reflection on the many men and women who gave their lives for their country. Who gave the United States of …
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Speaking of Blogging Communities…..Look Who’s on WordPress!
This article just appeared in my back-end WordPress area. The article describes "communities" of blogger/writers, and is very informative. But we can now announce that the very BEST Conservative blog site, Ricochet.com, is now on WordPress! It has taken a while for the powers-that-be at Ricochet to get the bugs worked out of the new site, …
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New Feature, in the Right Margin-Freedom Phrases
Take a look at the new feature of Calling-all-RushBabes. Freedom Phrases are sayings, aphorisms, and quotes from famous and not-so-famous people. Some will be Americans, and some from foreigners who admire America. If you have a favorite "Freedom Phrase", by all means leave a comment, with the saying and its author.
Sorry, but a Downer on Mother’s Day
At least, it made me very angry, and a bit sad. The Seattle Times, in today's Sunday Pacific section, had their Spring Home section, which looks at local homes, and how their owners have built or remodeled them to make the stand out. Well, the Times, being the Politically Correct Liberals that they are, showed …
Let’s Do the Washington State Medicaid Math
The State of Washington was one of the Blue states that built their own ObamaCare Exchange, and wholeheartedly expanded their Medicaid program (with the admittedly temporary increase in Federal funding). I recently read an article in my local Everett Herald newspaper, about a survey the legislature is contemplating, of state doctors about …
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Spam Comments
It's sometimes fun to read the Spam comments that show up in your Spam folder. Lately, most of the junk in that folder seems to have mostly Chinese lettering. If you really read the messages, some of the spammers use totally unrelated words to make gibberish sentences. This is to attract search engines, but don't …